Motorcycle

With the new changes in the traffic regulation entered into force as of Aug. 16, it has become mandatory for minibuses, buses and taxis to have a three-point seat belt for children, while motorcycle, e-scooter and bicycle riders are required to wear reflective vests at night.

Electric motorcycles have become the new apple of the eye for Turkish consumers, with some 6,000 e-motorcycle sales in the first four months of this year.

"People turn to e-motorcycles to afford commuting and easily reduce transportation expenses," Remzi Öztürk, the general secretary of Motorcycle Industry Association (MOTED), said.

About 45 percent of motorcycle couriers in Turkey started to work during the pandemic, and this trend led to growing problems and risks of occupational safety and health on the part of delivery employees over an increasing volume of orders and customer expectations of fast delivery, with sizeable numbers of them working in precarious conditions.

With motorcycle delivery services becoming widespread in Turkey due to the COVID-19 restrictions, drug dealers have found it as new shipping and sales method to run their business under the disguise of motorcycle couriers.

A Turkish academic will go on a tour across Africa on her motorcycle with a mission to become a "bridge" between different cultures and provide scholarships to successful students in need.

A number of 1,046,527 individual employment contracts have been suspended since the entry into force of the state of emergency (March 16) so far, according to figures from the Labor Inspection published Monday by the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection (MMPS).

Greece's Transport Ministry plans to ease restrictions on the use of all-terrain vehicles introduced by the previous administration.

Although fatalities due to road accidents involving cars and motorcycles have dropped an impressive 44 percent since 2010, safety levels on Greek roads remain low compared to the European Union average.

Police on Crete recorded more than 1,900 violations of the Greek highway code over the extended Easter holiday break.
Specifically, Traffic Police officers recorded 1,941 violations between April 26 through May 1 after conducting 5,905 inspections on vehicles across the island.

The turnover for wholesale and retail trade, maintenance and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles grew by 4.3pct, as raw series, in January 2019 compared to the same period of the previous year, mainly as a result of growth in trade in motorcycles, parts and accessories, respectively maintenance and repair of motorcycles, according to data released by the National Institute of Statistics (I